Do you have plans for Memorial Day Weekend?

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Memorial Day Weekend is always thought of as the unofficial start to summer and with the warm weather this week if even feels like summer. I know a lot of folks will be heading to one of Michigan’s beautiful state park campgrounds for a weekend of camping. The forecast would appear great for the droves [...]

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The Mackinac Bridge under construction ca. 1956

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Included in the slew of old photos I found quite a few gems from Michigan’s past. There are about 16 or 18 shots of the Mackinac Bridge during its construction in 1956, the year before it opened. Watch a slideshow of all of the photos I have uploaded so far –

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Sailboats at the docks on Mackinac Island, September 1959

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This is another great shot that I found in a box of old slides that were purchased at an estate sale. I love the reflections on the water. I have added more slides from Mackinac Island and the Holland Tulip Festival from the late 1950s to my Flickr account. Coming later this week – photos [...]

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Photo of Downtown Detroit from 1957

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This is one of many great old photos that I am in the process of scanning from slides. An entire box of slides purchased at an estate sale has yielded a treasure trove of pictures from all over Michigan during the 1950s. I’ll be posting many more as I get them scanned. For now, you [...]

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The House by the Side of the Road

May 11, 2010

One last post about the late Ernie Harwell. As a youth, Ernie had a speech impediment and one of his exercises was to recite this poem by Sam Walter Foss. As a baseball announcer, Ernie kept a piece of this poem as a catch-phrase for when someone struck out looking, “He stood there like the [...]

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The Corner, Kaline’s corner, Michigan & Trumbull…Tiger Stadium

May 7, 2010

I can’t help but post this in honor of Ernie Harwell today for the Friday photo. The Corner.

Losing Ernie and seeing Tiger Stadium demolished reminds me of this line from Field of Dreams –

“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball.

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The blogosphere remembers Ernie Harwell

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There are a number of great tributes around the blogosphere for Ernie Harwell. I spent quite a bit of time reading rememberances from not only Tigers fans, but baseball fans in general. Here are some of my favorites: Samara at Roar of the Tigers created a beautiful tribute to Ernie Ian Casselbury has a nice [...]

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God Bless You, Ernie Harwell

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William Ernest Harwell – 1918 – 2010 For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. One of my strongest memories of listening to Ernie Harwell [...]

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SS Edmund Fitzgerald – LEGO model

May 3, 2010

Out of curiosity and a love of LEGO®, I ran a search on Flickr for anything that was built out of LEGO® and connected to Michigan. This was one of the models that stood out, and for good reason.

At 8 feet 6 inches long it is a huge LEGO® rendition of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald. Talk about details – this model even has the clamps (often mentioned as the cause of the Fitzgerald’s demise) that hold down the hatch covers.

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Spend a week this summer as a lighthouse keeper at Tawas Point Lighthouse

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Are you looking for a unique Michigan vacation for the summer? The Tawas Point Lighthouse has an opportunity for you to make a very memorable stay as their lighthouse keeper for a week this summer. You will need to fill out an application, a letter stating why you wish to be a lighthouse keeper, send [...]

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